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Batman Cosplay Is Out Of Control
Julian Checkley is one of the best Star Wars cosplayers on the planet. He is also, as luck would have it, one of the best Batman cosplayers on the planet as well. We’ve seen him do an amazing Bane (WARNING: link promotes my cosplay book), but in honour of the Batman video games he decided…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2015 -
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The Week In Games: Batman.
Batman. Batman Batman Batman. Batman Batman? Batman. Batman Final Fantasy XIV Batman, Batman Tales From The Borderlands, Batman Batman. Suikoden 3? Batman? Batman. Batman, June 23 Batman: Arkham Knight — Xbox One, PS4, PC Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward — PC, PS3, PS4 Ride — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Tales From The Borderlands Episode…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 -
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Sunday Comics: Basically Furiosa
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published June 20. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 -
CultureHow Players Gamed The Steam Summer Sale
It is possible to “beat” the Steam summer sale Monster Game. You’ve just got to be willing to bend the rules. 100,000,000. That’s the level you’re going for in the seemingly endless clicking game. As players discovered when they reached it, that’s the end of the line. At that point, the game goes nuts, and…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 19, 2015 -
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Concept Art From Some Of E3’s Biggest Games
The reveal of big games is sometimes accompanied by the release of some of their concept art, and this E3 has proven to be no different. Inside you’ll find concept and promotional images for games like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Dishonored 2 and Fallout 4 To see the larger pics in all…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2015 -
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How Cosplay Helped Save A Man’s Life
In 2011, just a week before Christmas, Jason Isenberg was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was 31 at the time. Staring down years of illness, treatment, stress and medical bills, Jason and his wife Cheryl needed a release. They found it in cosplay. Just two months earlier, the couple had attended their first Dragon Con,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2015 -
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Building A Star Citizen Fighter, Both Inside And Out
Matthew Johns is an artist who has been working in the video game business for six years now, on games like Star Citizen and Traveller’s Tales’ series of LEGO games. What you’re going to see below is The Gladiator, a fighter from the upcoming space shooter that Johns worked on. Hopefully you’ll appreciate, by looking…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2015 -
CultureArk: Survival Evolved Player Creates Murderous Dodo Bird Army
Ark: Survival Evolved is the third most popular game on all of Steam right now, and there’s an obvious reason for that: dinosaur-annihilating dodo bird armies. Jessa of NerdHunk took advantage of Ark’s best feature—the ability to tame Jurassic beasts and have them do your bidding—to create an army of seemingly harmless dodo birds. Then…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 17, 2015 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseA Cosplay Experiment
Earlier this month, Colossalcon was held in Sandusky, Ohio. And it was there that a team of five photographers, two videographers and a cosplayer decided to try something different. Normally, at a nerd con, you’ll see two types of cosplay photo emerge: ones taken quickly on the convention floor, and others taken at arranged photoshoots…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2015 -
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*Checks Watch* OK Tree Joke Time
Phew. Let’s take a break from E3 for a minute and enjoy a pun about video games and trees. Lip Comarella is an artist at Salon Alpin, a a visual production studio that does everything from illustration to graphic design to animation to film. They’ve recently done some stuff with StarCraft 2 for the WCS,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2015 -
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Grand Theft Auto V is not $20 on Steam right now. Despite multiple misleading listings on GTA’s Steam franchise page (they’re for cash card bundles), it’s still at regular price. Suddenly last week’s GTA price shenanigans look less benign. [Update: The issue has been resolved. Valve says it was a “technical error.”] GTA V’s price…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 15, 2015 -
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Remembering Fallout 3’s Fantastic Concept Art
There are lots of people to thank for the distinctive look of the Fallout series, across multiple studios and decades, but in more recent times Craig Mullins should be top of your list. Mullins, who has worked as an artist on everything from Assassin’s Creed to the Matrix movies to Halo to Jurassic Park, was…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2015 -
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The Week In Games: Look At This Chipmunk
I was trying to imagine the nicest way possible to say “There ain’t shit coming out this week.” I think I went a bit too far afield. But it’s a nice bit of field. With chipmunks. At least we’re not skipping a Payday for E3. Plus an open week gives the big publishers plenty of…
By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2015 -
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Sunday Comics: You Monster!
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published June 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 8. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2015 -
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This Week In The Business: Paris Hilton’s Just Not Worth It
QUOTE | “It’s not worth paying for Paris Hilton.” – EA Mobile’s general manager Bill Mooney, explaining why not all celebrity brands are worth licensing for mobile games Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “Lacking any kind of momentum in this multi-screen ecosystem future are Sony and Nintendo. I expect both…
By Steve Peterson Published June 13, 2015
